Date of birth: March 15, 1960
Brief résumé: Mr Sunil Lalbhai is a Managing Director of the Company since June 1984 and the Chairman of the Board of the Company since August 2007. He is the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee and a Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Investment Committee and Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Board.
Mr Lalbhai is a Member of the Governing Council of Shree Vallabh Shikshan Ashram and a Trustee on the Board of BAIF Development Research Foundation (BAIF). He is a Trustee or a member of some of the other social institutions established by the Lalbhai Group.
Mr Lalbhai holds a postgraduate degree in Chemistry from the University of Massachusetts and a postgraduate degree in Economic Policy and Planning from Northeastern University.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Amal Ltd – Chairman
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Chairman
Atul Rajasthan Date Palms Ltd – Vice Chairman
Britannia Industries Ltd
Navin Fluorine International Ltd
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Chairman of committees
Britannia Industries Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Member of committees
Amal Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Britannia Industries Ltd – Audit Committee
Navin Fluorine International Ltd – Audit Committee
Navin Fluorine International Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd – Audit Committee
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd – Strategic Committee
Location: Mumbai and Atul
Date of birth: June 4, 1961
Brief résumé: Mr Samveg Lalbhai is a Director of the Company since January 2000 and the Managing Director of the Company since December 2001.
Mr Lalbhai is actively associated with Ahmedabad Textile Mills Association, Ahmedabad Textile Industry’s Research Association, Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Indian Cotton Mills Federation.
Mr Lalbhai is also associated with some of the social institutions established by the Lalbhai Group.
Mr Lalbhai holds a graduate degree in Commerce from Gujarat University.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Anup Engineering Ltd
Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd
Bengal Tea and Fabrics Ltd
Private company
Arvind Farms Pvt Ltd
Foreign companies
Arvind Overseas (M) Ltd
Arvind Worldwide (N) Ltd
Arvind Worldwide Inc
Membership in committees of other companies
Member of committee
Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Bengal Tea and Fabrics Ltd – Remuneration Committee
Location: Ahmedabad
Date of birth: March 30, 1959
Brief résumé: Mr Gopi Kannan Thirukonda joined the Company in October 1993 and he is a Whole-time Director of the Company since October, 2014. He is a Member of the Risk Management Committee and the Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Board.
Mr Thirukonda has 40 years of experience in various capacities and is currently the Chief Financial Officer.
Mr Thirukonda holds a degree in Science from University of Madras and a postgraduate diploma in management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Amal Ltd
Atul Bioscience Ltd
Atul Finserv Ltd – Chairman
Atul Fin Resources Ltd
Atul Nivesh Ltd
Atul Polymer Products Ltd – Chairman
Atul Rajasthan Date Palms Ltd
Rudolf Atul Chemicals Ltd
Foreign companies
Atul China Ltd – Chairman
Atul Deutschland GmbH – Chairman
Membership in committees of other companies
Chairman of committees
Rudolf Atul Chemicals Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Member of committees
Amal Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Amal Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Audit Committee
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Rudolf Atul Chemicals Ltd – Audit Committee
Rudolf Atul Chemicals Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Location: Mumbai
Date of birth: May 26, 1950
Brief résumé: Mr Bharathy Mohanan joined the Company in August, 1992 and is a Whole-time Director since January, 2009. He is a Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and the Risk Management Committee of the Board.
Mr Mohanan has 54 years of experience in various capacities and is currently the President, Utilities and Services and the Occupier. He is also the Managing Director of Atul Biospace Ltd.
Mr Mohanan holds a graduate degree in Engineering (Honors) from the University of Calicut.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Aasthan Dates Ltd – Chairman
Atul Bio Space Ltd – Managing Director
Atul Clean Energy Ltd – Chairman
Atul Finserv Ltd
Atul Seeds Ltd
Biyaban Agri Ltd – Chairman
Raja Dates Ltd – Chairman
Sehat Foods Ltd
Foreign companies
DPD Ltd
Location: Atul
Date of birth: August 26, 1962
Brief résumé: Mr Vivek Gadre joined the Company in June, 1988 and is a Whole-time Director since January, 2025. He is a Member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Board.
Mr Gadre has about four decades experience in various capacities and is currently President Corporate Strategy, Atul Ltd.
Mr Gadre holds a graduate degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a postgraduate diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Culcattta.
Directorships in other companies
Atul Bioscience Ltd
Atul Crop Care Ltd
Atul Natural Foods Ltd
Atul Natural Dyes Ltd
Atul Products Ltd
Atul Renewable Energy Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility
Location: Atul
Date of birth: October 19, 1958
Brief résumé: Mr Pradeep Banerjee is a Director of the Company since May 2022. He is the Chairman of the Investment Committee and a Member of the Risk Management Committee of the Board.
Mr Banerjee has about four decades of experience in customer service, manufacturing, marketing, logistics, procurement and R&D in Uniliver group at India, Nepal, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. He served as an Executive Director on the Board of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) for almost a decade. He was also Managing Director of a joint venture of HUL in the Netherlands and Chairman of a joint venture in Nepal.
Mr Banerjee is Senior Advisor to Boston Consulting Group, and is advising four tech startups in the areas of blockchain, logistics, go-to-market operation platforms and waste management. He is also Designated Partner in Pradeep Banerjee Associates LLP.
Mr Banerjee holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Biba Fashion Ltd
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd
Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd
Parksons Packaging Ltd
VR Majha Ltd
VR Vidarbha Ltd
Whirlpool of India Ltd
Private companies
Median Brands Pvt Ltd
North Delhi Metro Mall Pvt Ltd
Stellar Value Chain Solutions Pvt Ltd
VR Dakshin Pvt Ltd
VR Konkan Pvt Ltd
VR Malwa Pvt Ltd
VR South Asia Pvt Ltd
VR Surat Pvt Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Chairman of committees
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd – Audit Committee
Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Whirlpool of India Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Member of committees
Biba Fashion Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Biba Fashion Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Biba Fashion Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd – Risk Management Committee
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Chambal Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd – Strategy Committee
Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd – Audit Committee
Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd – Risk Management Committee
Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd – Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Parksons Packaging Ltd – Audit Committee
Parksons Packaging Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Whirlpool of India Ltd – Audit Committee,
Whirlpool of India Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Location: Mumbai
Date of birth: April 12, 1953
Brief résumé: Mr Rangaswamy Iyer is a Director of the Company since May 2023. He is the Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee and the Investment Committee of the Board.
Mr Iyer has about four decades of experience in Healthcare industry including Animal Health, Biologicals, Consumer Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, and mergers and acquisitions. He was the Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director of Cyanamid India Ltd and later transitioned to Wyeth Ltd and rose to become its Managing Director.
Mr Iyer is a senior advisor to Lincoln International, USA. He is an advisor | consultant to multinational and Indian pharma companies, private equity firms and investment bankers in the areas of business strategy and business development.
Mr Iyer holds a postgraduate degree in Commerce and a postgraduate degree in Financial Management from the University of Mumbai.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Atul Bioscience Ltd
Private companies
Cybernoid Healthcare Pvt Ltd
Noveltech Feeds Pvt Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Member of committees
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Audit Committee
Atul Bioscience Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Location: Mumbai
Date of birth: October 09, 1965
Brief résumé: Mr Sharadchandra Abhyankar is a Director of the Company since October 2023. He is the Chairman of the Stakeholders Relationship Committee of the Board.
Mr Abhyankar is a Senior Partner of Khaitan & Co, Advocates and Solicitors. He is an Advocate and Solicitor by profession with about 36 years of experience. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, securities law, corporate ethics and governance.
Mr Abhyankar is a member of the Advisory Committee and Drafting Committee of the NSE Centre of Excellence in Corporate Governance and the Advisory Committee for UPES School of Law. He has been a part-time faculty on various legal subjects at the Government Law College, Mumbai, for more than 30 years and is a visiting faculty at the Department of Law, Mumbai University for LLM (Business law). He conducts specialised sessions on business ethics and corporate governance across various industry sectors and professional bodies.
Mr Abhyankar holds a graduate degree in Arts (Economics and Commerce) and a postgraduate degree in Law from the University of Mumbai and is a Fellow of Government Law College, Mumbai. He is also a member of The Bombay Incorporated Law Society.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
ABM Knowledgeware Ltd
Whiteoak Capital Trustee Ltd
Private companies
Centaur Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd
Instasafe Technologies Pvt Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Chairman of committees
ABM Knowledgeware Ltd – Audit Committee
ABM Knowledgeware Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Member of committees
ABM Knowledgeware Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
ABM Knowledgeware Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Whiteoak Capital Trustee Ltd – Audit Committee
Whiteoak Capital Trustee Ltd – Independent Directors Committee
Location: Mumbai
Date of birth: September 23, 1968
Brief résumé: Mr Sujal Shah is a Director of the Company since October 2023. He is the Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Mr Shah is a founder Partner of SSPA & Co, Chartered Accountants. He has about three decades of experience in finance, due diligence, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, succession planning and valuation.
Mr Shah was a member of the group that drafted valuation standards for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has authored several papers on valuations and restructuring for the Western India Regional Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society. He was a partner of N M Raiji & Co, Chartered Accountants until October 2006.
Mr Shah holds a graduate degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai and is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Amrit Corp Ltd
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd
Mafatlal Industries Ltd
Navin Fluorine International Ltd
Navin Fluorine Advanced Sciences Ltd
NOCIL Ltd
Rudolf Atul Chemicals Ltd
The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd
Private companies
Capricon Realty Pvt Ltd
SSPA Consultants Pvt Ltd
Thriarr Polymers Pvt Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Chairman of committees
Amrit Corp Ltd – Committee of Directors – Amalgamation Scheme
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Audit Committee
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Rights Issue Committee
Navin Fluorine International Ltd – Audit Committee
Member of committees
Amrit Corp Ltd – Audit Committee
Amrit Corp Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Capricon Realty Pvt Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Finance Committee
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd – Securities Issue Committee
Mafatlal Industries Ltd – Audit Committee
Mafatlal Industries Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Navin Fluorine International Ltd – Fundraising Committee
Navin Fluorine Advanced Sciences Ltd– Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
NOCIL Ltd – Investment Committee
Rudolf Atul Chemicals Ltd – Audit Committee
Rudolf Atul Chemicals Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Location: Mumbai
Date of birth: January 21, 1957
Brief résumé: Mr Praveen Kadle is a Director of the Company since May 2024. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and a Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Mr Kadle is a Managing Director of Prachetas Capital Pvt Ltd and a Non-executive Director of Tata International Ltd. He has about three decades of experience in finance, management, legal, merger and acquisition and strategic planning.
Mr Kadle has held various senior positions in Tata Group and has served as a Founding Managing Director of Tata Capital Ltd for almost a decade and as an Executive Director (Corporate Affairs) and Chief Financial Officer of Tata Motors Ltd.
Mr Kadle holds a degree in Commerce from University of Mumbai. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Digvi Torqtranfer System Ltd
Prersistent Systems Ltd
Tata International Ltd
Tide Water Oil Company India Ltd
Private companies
Beam Global Spirits and Wine (India) Pvt Ltd
Garware Fulflex India Pvt Ltd
International Asset Reconstruction Company Pvt Ltd
Prachetas Capital Pvt Ltd, Managing Director
Quantum Advisors Pvt Ltd
Shankarmahadevan World of Arts Pvt Ltd
Tata International Singapore Pvt Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Chairman of committees
Digvi Torqtranfer System Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Prersistent Systems Ltd – Audit Committee
Prersistent Systems Ltd – Investment Committee
Prersistent Systems Ltd – Risk Management Committee
Member of committees
Digvi Torqtranfer System Ltd – Audit Committee
Digvi Torqtranfer System Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Prersistent Systems Ltd – Executive Committee
Tata International Ltd – Audit Committee
Tata International Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Tata International Ltd – Risk Management Committee
Tide Water Oil Company India Ltd – Compensation Committee
Tide Water Oil Company India Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Tide Water Oil Company India Ltd – Risk Management Committee
Location: Mumbai
Date of birth: August 02, 1961
Brief résumé: Ms Padmaja Chunduru is a Director of the Board since January 2025.
Ms Chunduru has about four decades of experience in banking and capital markets in India and the United States of America. She has held various senior positions at the State Bank of India (SBI), where she led digital banking services and served as the Country Head of the US operations of the bank. She also served as a Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of National Securities Depository Ltd and the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Bank. She has also been a Director at the Life Insurance Corporation of India, the National Payments Corporation of India, the International Securities Services Association, the Asia Pacific Central Depository Group, and the Institute of International Bankers and Asia Society, New York.
Ms Chunduru is currently a member of the Insurance Advisory Committee of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India as well as the Centre for Corporate Governance and Sustainability Advisory Council at IIM-Bangalore.
Ms Chunduru holds a postgraduate degree in Commerce from Andhra University.
Directorships in other companies
Public companies
Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd
Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd
Brigade Enterprises Ltd
SBI Ventures Ltd
Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd
Sify Technologies Ltd
The Clearing Corporation of India Ltd
Membership in committees of other companies
Chairperson of committees
Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd – Risk Management Committee
Member of committees
SBI Ventures Ltd – Audit Committee
SBI Ventures Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd – Audit Committee
Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd – Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd – Stakeholders Relationship Committee
Sify Technologies Ltd – Audit Committee
The Clearing Corporation of India Ltd – Audit Committee
The Clearing Corporation of India Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Brigade Enterprises Ltd – Audit Committee
Brigade Enterprises Ltd – Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Location: Bangalore